PLEASE SUBMIT 40 COPIES OF TESTIMONY FOR THE FOLLOWING BILLS FOR THE JOINT COMMITTEES:

HB 690

RELATING TO PROMOTION OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES IN HAWAII.

Requires Hawaii tourism authority to allocate a portion of its biennial budget to contract with the Hawaii Technology Trade Association to market and promote high technology industries in Hawaii.

TAC/EDB, FIN

HB 833

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Creates a tax credit against general excise tax liability for the owners or operators of hotels or time-share facilities who create new jobs within the State during the taxable year. Creates a tax credit against general excise tax liability for the owners or operators of hotels or time-share facilities who train and/or retrain employees within the state during the taxable year.

TAC/EDB, FIN

HB 1400

RELATING TO HOTEL CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING TAX CREDIT.

Extends the hotel construction and remodeling tax credit to 6/30/2008, makes the tax credit refundable, and adds a definition of "qualified hotel facility".

TAC/EDB, FIN

HB 1395

RELATING TO SPECIAL FACILITY PROJECTS.

Extends the authority of the Hawaii community development authority to issue special facility revenue bonds to the fiscal biennium 2003-2005; amends definition of special facility.

EDB/TAC, FIN

HB 1397

RELATING TO SPECIAL FACILITY PROJECTS.

Authorizes the Hawaii community development authority to issue special facility revenue bonds in the fiscal biennium 2003-2005 for the construction, furnishing, and equipping of an ocean center in Kakaako.

EDB/TAC, FIN

PLEASE SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF TESTIMONY FOR THE FOLLOWING BILLS FOR TAC:

HB 1631

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Extends the current GET exemptions for: (1) Condominium common expenses paid by managers and (2) Hotel employee expenses paid by hotel operators, to include expenses paid by submanagers and suboperators and to include employee expenses in timeshare projects.

TAC, CPC, FIN

HB 224

RELATING TO QUALIFIED TAX CREDITS.

Generally, substitutes and adds the definition of "Qualified hotel facility" for the definition of "Qualified resort facility". Also adds a credit percentage of 10 percent for qualified improvement costs to a qualified hotel facility totalling $1,000,000 over a three year period.

TAC, FIN

HB 448

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Provides an exception to the transient accommodations tax for dinner parties and related events held at accommodations that would otherwise be liable under the transient accommodations tax law.

TAC, FIN

HB 1279

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a tax credit for qualified costs at Ko Olina Resort and Marina; maximum tax credit of $7,500,000 in any year; maximum total tax credit of $75,000,000.

TAC, FIN

HB 1554

RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES.

Repeals the provision allowing each county to establish a one-half per cent general excise and use tax surcharge, and allows counties with populations of 200,000 or more to establish a blank per cent general excise and use tax surcharge. Changes the transient accommodations tax allocations to the counties.

TAC, FIN

HB 267

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Establishes limited immunity for the State and counties from tort liability arising out of hazardous recreational activities.

TAC, JUD, FIN

HB 258

RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY TORT LIABILITY.

Provides the State immunity from any claim of liability arising from a person participating in a hazardous recreational activity. Provides counties limited immunity.

TAC, JUD

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